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In an interview, Haggerty described it as "just a parting of the ways. We decided that it was best that I just move on." He said he and Aubertine, whose salary is fixed statutorily at $120,800, got along fine but had "different management styles."

Only Ruth Moore, the general counsel of the agency, earned more than Haggerty. She is paid $150,552.

The agency's most visible activities include overseeing the New York State Fair, one of the nation's largest such events, which is scheduled to run Aug. 23 to Sept. 3. In 2010, the Inspector General sharply criticized the fair's leader and the agency for awarding no-bid contracts for concert productions in 2008 and a boxing event in 2009.